If only you drive from London to Edinburgh for six hours.. It takes six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh.. Daisy didn’t think the bad news was shocking.. He didn’t not pass the dr
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I/ Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
II/ Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words
III/ Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence
6 - “Don’t forget to come tomorrow.”
- “ _”
7 - “Do you think it’s going to rain?”
- “ ”
8 - “Thanks a lot.”
- “ _”
9 - “I’ve lost $500 dollars!”
- “ _”
10 - “Good morning _”
- Yes, I’d like a new pair of shoes, please
C What are you buying? D Do you need help?
11 My mother permitted me to go out at night She said, “You _ go out tonight.”
12 I’d rather _ than at home
13 Animals lose their habitat because of and polluted environment
14 Natural disasters like tidal waves, hurricanes sometimes can some companies to the verge of bankruptcy
15 The British Parliament _ the House of Common and the House of Lords
16 The government of our country started an overall _ reform ten years ago
17 He performed very well in the interview; , he didn’t get the job
18 They _ on holiday twice this year
19 The Simpson Desert was named _ Mr Simpson, President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia
20 I didn’t meet him yesterday He _ on business
21 _ by all who knew him, he felt very happy
22 The early morning is the time I work best
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23 When you arrive, I _ on the platform
24 Anna needed some money, _, she took a part-time job
25 _, I cannot keep pace with Johnny
A So I have tried hard B I have tried hard so
26 We have still got plenty of food
A You should have bought some more to eat
B You needn’t have gone to the supermarket
C We must have bought some more food
D May I go to the supermarket?
27 We should do something immediately to conserve _ nature
28 Many modern medicines are derived _ plants and animals
29 Everyone knows what is happening to earth but we just do not know how to stop it
30 Let’s do something to protect the environment, we?
IV/ Choose the best answer
31 The last time I played football was in 1971
32 It is a six-hour drive from London to Edinburgh
A You have to spend 6 hours if you fly from London to Edinburgh
B If only you drive from London to Edinburgh for six hours
C It takes six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh
D You have to drive for six hours to Edinburgh
33 It was such bad news that Daisy was shocked
A The news was so bad that it shocked Daisy
B The bad news was shocking
C Daisy didn’t think the bad news was shocking
D The news was both shocking and bad
34 He didn’t not pass the driving test until he was thirty
A When he was thirty, he didn’t pass the driving test
B It was not until he was thirty that he passed the driving test
C Passing the driving test was what he didn’t do at the age of thirty
D When thirty, he thought of passing the driving test
35 Mr Mills lost his job because he was late every day
A If Mr Mills weren’t late every day, he wouldn’t lose his job
B The reason why Mr Mills lost his job was that he was late every day
C Mr Mills was late every day so losing his job
D Mr Mills would have lost his job if he had been late every day
V/ Error identification
36 There is a little time left so we must be as quick as possible
A B C D
37 Jim started to respect by his colleagues after his book became famous
A B C D
38 Never before I have seen such a beautiful building
A B C D
39 He leads a dignified life despite of his poverty
A B C D
40 The sports which I am keen in are swimming and jogging
A B C D
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We believe that we live in a rational and scientific age, (41) we do not We have simply transferred our ancient belief (42) the paranormal to the scientific domain In the Middle Ages, it was widely believed that the (43) _ could be brought back to life Such beliefs, (44) _, are not limited to the Middle Ages alone Nowadays, it is a science that is thought to be able to perform (45) _ a miracle, and even now there are people that were kept deep frozen in anticipation of the scientific developments that will reassure them
VII/ Read the passage and choose the best answer
The word ‘desert’ conjures up an image of a hot, dry and arid landscape There are many different kinds of deserts In general, a place where the water evaporation rate exceeds the amount of annual rainfall
is usually classified as being a desert Therefore, deserts are not necessarily subject to hot temperatures
‘Hot’ deserts experience high temperatures during the day all year round while ‘cold’ deserts have
relatively hot summers and extremely cold winters
Deserts cover about one-fifth of the earth’s land area Desert plants like cacti are not abundant, neither
is animal life Animals that live in the desert have adaptations to cope with the lack of water, the sudden
changes of temperatures and the shortage of food To avoid daytime heat, many of them are nocturnal;
they burrow beneath the surface and emerge at night to eat Many desert animals do not have to drink at all because they get all the water they need from their food Most of them are small
46 A desert is _
47 Most animals in the desert
48 Which sentence is not true?
A In desert, it is not always hot
B The annual rainfall is higher than the rate of water evaporation
C It is not easy to find food in deserts
D People and some kinds of animals traveling across a desert have to suffer from
thirst
49 Cacti are _
A tropical plants of grass family
B a kind of plants grown for its grain such as wheat
C tall forest trees with leaves like needles
D plants with thick stems covered in spines and without leaves
50 The bold word nocturnal in the passage means
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